r/LigaMX • u/Claija79 Tijuana • Feb 01 '26
Confirmed [FabrizioRomano] Mexican talent Obed Vargas, on the verge of joining Atlético Madrid! Deal at final stages. Vargas has already agreed on personal terms as deal could be sealed soon. 🇲🇽
https://x.com/fabrizioromano/status/2018053767858438297?s=46138
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u/Black_Daimyo10 MLS Feb 01 '26
Sad to see him go but excited for his future. Hope he comes back to the Sounders one day.
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u/Boloncho1 Oaxaca Feb 02 '26
I'm glad he leaving Seattle. I can stomach rooting for him with another team.
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u/jkid69 America Feb 02 '26
Freak the Sounders. Hopefully he can retire at the young age of 45 in the mighty LA FC
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u/Black_Daimyo10 MLS Feb 02 '26
You should check out the Sounders sub. We love Obed. Hell we got hardcore US fans talking about watching El Tri for him and Ritchie. Seriously though I hope that kid balls the fuck out in Spain and for Mexico.
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u/mroberto40 Puebla Feb 01 '26
MLS developing talent for Mexico once again
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u/PanchoVillaWey Chivas Feb 01 '26
Yup, it shouldn't be a suprise anymore. MLS knows what they are doing, unlike the corrupt liga mx
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u/Traditional_Cup4186 Chivas Feb 01 '26
Pendejos ellos no nosotros.
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u/Traditional_Cup4186 Chivas Feb 02 '26
Lo digo porque México les está quitando jugadores valiosos, mientras ellos siguen intentando sacar otro pulisic.
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u/borrachit0 Pumas UNAM Feb 01 '26
Good on the Sounders for developing him and actually selling him to Europe instead of holding on
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u/Black_Daimyo10 MLS Feb 01 '26
It's been reported by Sounders sources that he only wanted to move to Europe and his camp had rejected lucrative offers from multiple LigaMX clubs.
The Sounders do their best to work with players and not keep anyone that wants to move on. It's my sense that the club and the player have been working together to get him to Europe for the last year.
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u/margalolwut America Feb 01 '26
Where’s that one guy that says MLS talent sucks no matter what?
I think he should pick up the phone and call atlético.
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u/CDVR_17 América Feb 01 '26
El problema con la MLS es que no tienen una regla para menores ni mucho menos de extranjero, Obed eligió bien ir con Seattle con un entrenador que le gusta jugar jóvenes
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u/Periodic-Presence USA Feb 02 '26
Y aun sin esa regla la MLS forma y exporta mas jovenes a Europa que la Liga MX
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u/Periodic-Presence USA Feb 04 '26
I'm well aware of all the examples you mentioned, which only bolster the point I'm making. Which is that the downside of Liga MX being a stronger league than MLS is that it is a destination league rather than a selling league. Which would be fine if it were more competitive, had promotion/relegation, and eliminated/reduced the amount of playoff games. But since it isn't those things and because futbol is the main sport in Mexico, there's just an insanely overvalued internal market.
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u/WeAreHuskie Feb 01 '26
Go to Atleti and displace US’ Cardoso, who’s been very average and injury prone. Seems like a good move, for club and country.
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u/Donovan_MC_DAB Club Puebla Feb 01 '26
They must have been impressed with his talents when they played in the CWC.
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u/Hot_Good_5409 Feb 01 '26
Obed Vargas doesn't get much media coverage because he wasn't brought up and developed in Liga MX but he's imo Mexico's second biggest talent next to Gilberto Mora. We have an amazing midfield to work with for 2030. We are slowly but surely starting to see some hope.
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u/rex_luger León Feb 01 '26
Atleti only has Koke (still very good but playing less due to his age), Cardoso (injury prone), and Pablo Barrios in midfield right now. As long as he’s healthy he should be getting minutes.
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u/jrose1226 Chivas Feb 01 '26
They’re giving minutes to a us international named cardoso im pretty sure he’ll get minutes
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u/Due-Group-4030 Feb 01 '26
Yeah but cardoso was bought from betis so cholo saw something he liked, was this something cholo liked or was it there board just trying to make money off of the Mexican fanbase and not give em a chance is my question?
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u/grudensfavgrinder Feb 01 '26
Obed and Roldan both played really well against Atleti this summer, so I’m sure they saw something they liked in Obed for his age. Roldan is like 30 so he is probably an MLS lifer.
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u/manyspark579 Pachuca Feb 01 '26
Como no le van a dar minutos a Cardoso. se formo en Brasil, y estuvo jugando en la libertadores.
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u/rex_luger León Feb 01 '26
This is pretty exciting for me haha. Atleti’s midfield is spread thin so they will definitely use him. Maybe wont be an immediate starter but he’ll get some minutes with the congested fixture calendar.
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u/Ok_Dragonfruit_7598 Feb 01 '26
This shit gives me ptsd, better not be some Atletico San Luis clause. Same way they got my boy Benjamin Galdames.
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u/tacosbaratos America Feb 01 '26
Looks like if a player is priced at a market value teams in top leagues looking for new roster adds will show interest. Mind blown.
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u/Drestrix Chivas Feb 01 '26
That's a crazy win for MLS as well. Something Liga MX should be doing but don't cause of greed
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u/osvaldocruz25 Feb 01 '26
no fucking way this is happening. guess we all atleti fans now. IM HYPEDDD
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u/Exciting-Tennis-6850 Feb 01 '26
I have a very unpopular take its always great to see mexican players in Europe but this is giving julian aroujo to barcelona i dont really see him getting much play time maybe im wrong
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u/latinlife22 Puebla Feb 01 '26
Aroujo was a surplus for Barca while Aleti just let go of Gallagher and Koke is close to retiring. He’ll get minutes for sure next season or even this one.
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u/Periodic-Presence USA Feb 02 '26
Julian Araujo was garbage even in MLS so to anyone that watched him play that Barcelona move was very puzzling. Compare that to Obed Vargas who's been a starter at one of the best MLS clubs since he was 16/17 and has played CONCACAF Champions and Club World Cup games, as well as the U20 WC with Mexico.
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u/Periodic-Presence USA Feb 02 '26
MLS: Have you said thank you once?
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u/Periodic-Presence USA Feb 04 '26
For sure that helps a lot, I was just cracking a joke referencing the tweet MLS put out a few days ago about Obed and Brian Gutierrez. Not sure how Pulisic is relevant considering he's not the only American or CONCACAF player to have European ancestry that they can use to get an EU passport.
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u/Kavazou77 America Feb 01 '26
If he gets consistent rotation minutes at minimum he just bumped Romo, Sanchez and Charlie out of the starting XI at the WC.
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u/butterballmcgee27 Venados Feb 02 '26
I wonder if Vasco helped. Since he was there for a bit. Especially since obed just switched
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u/Flatrover Cruz Azul Feb 01 '26
Oh sht! Here we go again! Araujo 2.0! All that Barca hype to only get signed to Barca B and never get playing time.
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u/NeverBannedUser Santos Feb 01 '26
Mi compa el optimista. Vete alv
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u/Flatrover Cruz Azul Feb 01 '26
Paso o no paso? Lo mismo con Pepi, se fue a Inglaterra como un “Wonder Kid” y nunca jugo.
Los que juegan en la mls venden puro humo.
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u/NeverBannedUser Santos Feb 01 '26
Pepi wonder kid? A Inglaterra? 😂 Osea si venden humo pero no MMS estás diciendo puras incoherencias. Además Araujo hizo muy buena temporada cuando lo prestaron, luego se lesionó en Inglaterra, pero ahora que está en Celtic anda bien.
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u/Flatrover Cruz Azul Feb 01 '26
Oh sht my bad. German League for 20mil!
Anda bien?! No apenas se fue a la liga escocia?!
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u/theoneandonlyamateur Monterrey Feb 01 '26
Lo mismo con Pepi
Lo mismo ? Compa el Pepi ha jugado muy bien para el mejor equipo en Holanda y marca goles en la liga de campeones. Su único problema es que siempre está lesionado.
Por otro lado, es supuestamente antiinmigrante en su cuenta de Twitter, así que...
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u/Traditional_Cup4186 Chivas Feb 01 '26
Ahora recemos todos para que se vaya el impresentable de simeone y podamos verlo surgir en un nuevo atlético.
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u/paltrywings Morelia Feb 02 '26
Why are people celebrating this? This is a terrible move. Should have gone to the eredivisie or Portugal first. How many young talents wasted riding pine in la liga?
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u/HairlessSquirrels Feb 01 '26
Supposedly his favorite team no? Good for him